Onanjath
Came for that phenomenal artwork, stayed for the music. This is my first round with this band, but it definitely wont be the last. Even the lyrics kill!
Seems like competition for 2021 year-end lists is gonna be fucking savage
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Icarus
07:27
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Threads of dawn weave the heart and bind the soul to morning's flare
I will kiss the sun in all of her splendor and she will scorch my lips
Rending my soul asunder
Falling through empyrean, feathers cascade from seared wings
Salvation obscured, may shackles never unclasp
A severed hand emerging from the depths
Its fingers forming a crown and its palm a throne
Bestowing the names of Adversary
A third of every halo forsaken
By the sweeping of serpentine tail
Angels weeping o'er their punishment; abandonment
Behold, Oh Lord, the descent like lightning
Scratching cerulean sky
So that the void may bleed through the cracks
For this world has been given unto me upon my crashing
And they will worship me as the Most High
The lowly clay brought forth to flame
A heaping of carnage to sing Your praise
Their entangled limbs erect an altar
Devoid of obeisance, devoted to violence
They stare at the sky with blank expressions
I am undismayed though my midst be ablaze
For You will uphold me within Your left hand
Do not delay, my Lord, to torment me
A lamp for my feet and a light for my path
My heart treads burning coals
Reflecting my upmost admiration; You whom I serve through enmity
Staring at the sky with blank expression as if to hope
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2. |
Samael
04:38
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Alas, has the Savior come to die?
To bash my head with the weight of His heel
I look into Your eyes, aligned with ailments of men
Shall they bring You to stumble and fall?
Calamity spews forth from inner vexation
So serpents shall slither from Eve's putrid womb
With lies we shall tempt her and bring her to fall
And they will know sin like a scarlet mark
And He will taketh pity on them
Reaching with dead man's arms
Reason with them, show them a road white as snow
Where all is forgiven and shame is none
And they shall become a bride for you, ready for my opposition
For indignation stirs from within
Upon a will reborn scorched eyes lift
This chastening has sharpened my resolve
And my resolve seethes with vehemence
Because Thou has bound me in chains
I will attack them from every side upon Thy straight path, from which they shall deviate
Gnawing on their tongues, ripping out their hearts
Here he comes, a roaring lion
And here you are, a trembling lamb
A petal of the rose, this bitter enmity
A field of ashes and dust to surround
There is no hope and there is no peace
Not for me and soon not for them
Atonement demands for the blood of innocence
Holdfast, and I will break You
Hammering nail through wrist
Salvation drips from splinters
Father's abandoning hangs Your head
And Mother's caressing closes Your eyes
The worms shall weave their veils to adorn Your shredded face
Maggots shall drown Thy sockets
Cloaking Thy back of scars
Why did You not turn stones into bread?
Why did You not leap from the edge?
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Cain
06:23
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Hear their fervent prayers whispered in veils
And witness the rivers of tears
I will enter beneath shadowed foliage into Eden
On belly, through dust, approaching Your reflection
Enticing their lips to drink from my offering drawn from a wellspring of knowledge
Where I laid the foundations for the first and final revelations
Let he who is without sin cast the first stone as he himself is cast from the cradle of existence
Another son scorned in testament to His righteousness
Cursed and banished as I, you are marked with abomination
My open arms welcome you and close in to tighten around your neck
Constricted by fear
Shaken by wrath
Kill your brother and tarnish the crops with his blood
Wailing to Abba
From this field of bones you shall erect Enoch
Enlightened by the words of unknown fury
Strangle compassion and tear her insides
Relentless, she fanatically gasps, "please, please spare me!"
In acts of domination are you satisfied?
You will die in your own sins
Gnashing of teeth
You will weep
The forbidden fruit and its purity begin to rot
Amidst those truths I sowed
Truth I sowed
You who taste its succulence will succumb to tasteless desire
And all your days become vain pursuits
Vain pursuit
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4. |
Soli Umbra
02:59
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Soli Umbra
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5. |
Bellum
05:20
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Inevitable death
We will take joy in dashing the infants against stone
As flowers of joy bow down to wilt
I have heard the war trumpet's cry with pounding heart and itching tongue
Swords raised against the Lord
Spewing blasphemy's vortex
Given authority to bind them
And given a blade to slay them
Worship the beast you conquered nations
And the dragon standing on the shore
Opposition crushed by his teeth
Who of you can stand against us?
We will kill you, you sons of men
Making icons of you, icons of vanitas
We will kill you, angels of above
Dragging you to abyss, mangling you
Oh, blameless, Son of God
Let us meet in the valley of death where I'll cast my crown upon Your feet to suffer defeat
Yet I'll hang not my head, for there is reason to rejoice
For as we stand the flames begin to lick the stars
And it was agreed that few should be saved and many should perish in pain
A clamor of clamoring to smother the gasping
These restless days are like clouds on the sun
Their hands stretch out to skim Thy healing garment
Yet Your back is turned, so that I may devour them and spit out their bones for ravenous dogs to gnaw upon
Breathing sulfur plagues, reaping slaves
I render them dead before You
Silent anticipation
Endless lamentations flowing from my palms
Laid to waste as disposable piece
Consumed by plague, you pine away
Upon their skin, the teeth of beasts
And within their veins, the venom of serpents crawling through the dust
He has delivered you a thousand times
Yet a thousand times you return to me
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Tartarus
08:25
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A mirror to the titans of old who begat their own usurpers
And so were seceded by their sons
Seceding where I could not
Helel's name is lost, masked by abysmal pitch
Thus folds the wings of alluring beauty
Thus smothers the flame that engulfed the world
May Your scribe account the sins of my epoch
And the millenia of illumination
Look upon me one last time
And clutch at Your chest as a third of creation descends
Following me in severance from You
Drunk off wormwood, filled with bitterness
Here there is only desolation
A dwelling place made in the dark
Where fiery waves clash against the shore
And the wind like knives lacerate the skin over and over again
Lining my arms, lining my throat
A suffering without relief of death
Hence my prayers are none
And even if they were, You wouldn't heed a word
What light remains becomes a vignette
As I collapse in the black hole of Tartarus
May You bring them to writhe like worms
May You bring them to curse You with moans
May You utterly reject them
And may they know damnation
Just as I have known all of these things
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7. |
Lamentations
09:26
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Twisting wisdom for splendor
As rivers shall thy tears flow
Strength and joy cease to be and you groan, exasperated
Isolated
Laden with chains that cut the skin and grind the bone
An embracing of ash, to kiss the dust and say, "this is my newfound rest"
You wove fabrics of sin to ensnare me
To hang by my neck as a yoke and to harden my spirit against You
Besieged with hopelessness for there is no salvation for the angels
We could never return home
Flesh withers from all sight and every hidden bone protrudes
Waste away like a garment devoured by moths
A stairway built unto the sun
Crumbling beneath her rays
Shriveling beneath her light
Lament this ending
Cast below where utter despair resides
A maze of tunnels without lights
Eyes widened in terror for this is the fate set in stone before my first breath
Crying in the abyss
Wading in flame
Know your death hath come
Cling your palms and pray for dismay
Let your troubled soul be still and want not
As you bask in a shrouded sun, may My will be done
Hold to your transgressions for they all are you have
And tend to your open wounds for no other can
Thou be damned
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